Sports & Fitness Sakuranbo Marathon in Higashine Rashaad Jorden The Sakuranbo Marathon is a popular event in Higashine, and finishers are rewarded with a symbol of Yamagata prefecture.
Activities Tokyo: Best of the West Geoff Day Consisting of rural Tokyo, Kanagawa, and Yamanashi Prefectures, the area just west of the Tokyo Metropolis has long held many ..
Activities Daiichi Sankyo Medicine Museum Sonia Schlesinger Discover Medicine whether you thought you wanted to or not. Between a Tetris-like game teaching the formation of chemical comp..
Activities Welcome Spring with Ume Viewing Alena Eckelmann The Kishu Ishigami Tanabe Ume Orchards near Tanabe City in the south of Wakayama Prefecture have more than 300,000 ume trees. The..
Activities Sakura Season at Kaizu Osaki Kim Bergström During early April each year, approximately 800 Yoshino cherry trees bloom in the Kaizu Osaki area for around 4 kilometers. This..
12 Activities Golden Hour in Kamakura Reynald Ventura There are a hundred and one reasons for visiting the ancient city. This time I had one specific purpose - to capture images during..
6 Activities Getting Lost in the Countryside Dorothee Tsunoda Getting lost is for me a big part of travelling. It is often how I discover great places to eat, an art gallery or just a nice neighborhood...
12 Activities Zao's Rare Winter Landscape 2015 Justin Velgus Even with a warm 2015 winter, the Zao "Snow Monsters" returned to the delight or skiiers and tourists.